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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The South Goa BJP candidate Pallavi Dempo kick-started election campaign after offering prayers at the Damodar Temple in Vasco. Dempo was welcomed by a huge group of karyakartas and BJP mahila morcha members as she entered the temples with many people even showering petals as she walked towards the temple . Rajyasabha MP Sadanand Shet Tanavade, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar, Vasco BJP mandal president Deepak Naik and others were also present as the campaigning began from Vasco. Speaking to media later, Sadanand Shet Tanavade said that he was very confident that both the seats of the BJP…

Goemkarponn desk Margao: “Lok Shakti (People’s Power) is with Congress & INDIA block. Goans have realised true face of BJP. I appeal to Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant to debate on Unemployment, Corruption, Destruction to Environment, Collapse of Law & Order and Financial Mismangement,” stated Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao. Reacting to the statement made by Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant asking Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi to debate with him, Leader of Opposition slammed CM Sawant over failure of BJP Government to protect Identity of Goa. Alemao said CM Dr. Pramod Sawant should dare to debate on rising Unemployment in…

Goemkarponn desk BORDA: A one and a half month old newborn girl was discovered abandoned by her own mother in a startling incident near Borda Margao’s St Joaquim Road. After pulling the youngster out of the dumpster, the police took him right to the hospital so he could get medical attention. The infant girl was discovered abandoned in a rubbish pile behind the apartment complex where her family resides on Wednesday morning. The father promptly phoned the police after realizing their child had vanished. After a prompt investigation by the police, the girl was discovered sobbing and wrapped in a…

Goemkapronn desk PERNNEM: Goa police have arrested one person for allegedly possessing drugs, including charas and LSD blots, valued at Rs 14 lakh, police said. Superintendent of Police (North) Akshat Kaushal, informed that Mandrem Police received a tip off regarding one suspect coming to sell drugs in their jurisdiction and hence a raid was conducted. Accused person is identified as Muhammed Nihal, 29, presently residing at Mandrem and native of Thalassery, Kannur, Kerala, police said. He said that the raiding team was formed under the supervision of Deputy Superintendent of Police Jivba Dalvi and Mandrem Police Inspector Sheriff Jacques. “As…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Ministry of External Affairs OE & PGE Division has issued Advisory on overcharging by agents for overseas recruitment, offering fake overseas jobs and illegal recruitment wherein it is stated that there has been a huge rise in the number of overseas job seekers being cheated by unregistered recruitment agents by fake job offers and also overcharging to the tune of Rs. 2-5 lakhs. These unregistered/ illegal agents operate without obtaining license from the Ministry of External Affairs, which is mandatory for any recruitment for work abroad. It is reported that many illegal agents operate through Facebook, Whatsapp,…

Goemkarponn desk MANDREM: The 36-year-old daughter of a Nepali mayor who was missing from Goa on Wednesday was located in a Chopdem hotel. One month ago, Aarti Hamal vanished from the Osho meditation centre near Mandrem in North Goa, where she had traveled from Nepal. According to a senior police officer, the center’s management had lodged a police complaint with the Mandrem police station. According to police, the woman was last seen on March 25 at Siolim in North Goa and subsequently vanished. He added that when eyewitnesses last saw her, she was “very much in the senses,” and that…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Rohit Monserrate has been re-elected as Mayor of Corporation of the City of Panaji for the 4th consecutive term while Sanjeev Naik was re-elected as Deputy Mayor for 3rd term. Both Monserrate and Naik were re-elected unopposed during the elections held today. Only one nomination each was received from Monserrate for the Mayor’s post and from  Naik for the Deputy Mayor’s post. As per the CCP Act, the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor are to be elected every year. “I want to finish up all works that had been taken up and pending in my third term. Also…